High severity · published Sep 29, 2021
CVE-2021-40715
Adobe Premiere Pro version 15.4 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious .exr file, potentially resulting in…
7.8
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Adobe Premiere Pro version 15.4 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to insecure handling of a malicious .exr file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required in that the victim must open a specially crafted file to exploit this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PP
Premiere Pro · Adobe
through 15.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40715
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-40715
Patch
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/premiere_pro/apsb21-67.html
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